Healthy Granola Bar Recipe

We are a snacking household. It’s not the best quality, but we truly can’t help it. Since there is no end in sight, I recently realized that since we can’t beat the snack bug, we should make the snacks healthier.

This recipe is really flexible. Don’t stress about perfect measurements.

Depending on the brand of peanut butter you’re using, you’ll want to add more oats or reduce the amount of oats. If they’re really sticky you’ll want to add more. If they’re dry, add more peanut butter.

Sometimes I toast the oats and nuts on 400 degrees for about 13 minutes, but I haven’t been able to tell if it makes a difference. If I have time, I do it. If not, I don’t.

If you’re using chocolate chips and you decided to toast the granola, you should let it cool down so the chocolate doesn’t melt. But if you have picky kids and you need to trick them into thinking that they are eating chocolate granola bars you could let it melt and change the color of the whole granola bar. Not that I have ever tricked my kids into thinking they are eating lots of chocolate when they in fact are not.

Instructions:

1. For extra smooth granola bars, put the peanut butter and honey into a pot and heat it on low until it melts together. I’ve made these without heating anything and they’re just as delicious.

2. Chop the nuts, if you’re using them.

3. Pour peanut butter, honey, oats, your healthy chaser, protein powder, and your extras into a bowl and mix them well. This is SO much easier with a stand mixer.

4. Grab a 9×9 pan and line it with some parchment paper.

5. Pour the mixture onto the parchment paper.

6. Cover it up with another piece of parchment paper, and begin rolling the bars flat. You could also use a can of soda if you don’t have a rolling pin that will fit inside the pan.

7. After your granola mixture is nice and flat, throw the top piece of parchment away and use the bottom one to lift out your granola onto a cooling rack.

8. Push the granola into a nice firm square on all sides, then let it sit and harden for at least an hour.

Healthy Granola Bars

These no bake granola bars are the perfect base recipe that you can customize for your family. The base is made from peanut butter and honey. Kids LOVE to help with these!

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword Granola Bar

Prep Time15minutes

Servings8people

Calories520kcal

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Ingredients

Ingredients:

3cupsoats

2-4tablespoons"healthy chaser"I use flax seed and chia seed, but you could also use wheat germ, 7 grain cereal, etc.

1cupplus 1 tablespoon peanut butterchunky or creamy

1cupplus 1 tablespoon honey

Now you have your basic granola bars. Add what you like from the list below to customize them!

1/4cupprotein powder

1/2cupshredded coconutoptional

1/4cupchopped almonds/walnuts/cashews

1/4cupdried cranberriesraisins, chocolate chips - anything yummy :)

Instructions

Instructions:

For extra smooth granola bars, put the peanut butter and honey into a pot and heat it on low until it melts together. I've made these without heating anything and they're just as delicious.

Chop the nuts, if you're using them.

Pour peanut butter, honey, oats, your healthy chaser, protein powder, and your extras into a bowl and mix them well. This is SO much easier with a stand mixer.

Grab a 9x9 pan and line it with some parchment paper.

Pour the mixture onto the parchment paper.

Cover it up with another piece of parchment paper, and begin rolling the bars flat. You could also use a can of soda if you don't have a rolling pin that will fit inside the pan.

After your granola mixture is nice and flat, throw the top piece of parchment away and use the bottom one to lift out your granola onto a cooling rack.

Push the granola into a nice firm square on all sides, then let it sit and harden for at least an hour.

Cut your granola bars. I use a pizza cutter.

Recipe Notes

Some notes: I store my granola bars in a ziplock container in the pantry, and they last for about 1 week. You could get a little more time out of them if you store them in the refrigerator. This recipe is really flexible. Don't stress about perfect measurements. Sometimes I toast the oats and nuts on 400 degrees for about 13 minutes, but I haven't been able to tell if it makes a difference. If I have time, I do it. If not, I don't. If you're using chocolate chips and you decided to toast the granola, you should let it cool down so the chocolate doesn't melt. But if you have picky kids and you need to trick them into thinking that they are eating chocolate granola bars you could let it melt and change the color of the whole granola bar. Not that I have ever tricked my kids into thinking they are eating lots of chocolate when they in fact are not. 21 Day Fix: I cut two of these in the size of a yellow container and use a yellow container treat swap!

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